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743a. Fsaltriparus minimus californicus vs. P. minimus 

 {cf. Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., Ill, 1902, 68, 72). As no 

 reasons are advanced for the proposed changes, no action 

 by the Committee appears to be necessary. 



III. SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES NOT ACCEPTED. 



Xem)picHS grai'irostris G^i.xtiVi^i.'L, Condor, 1902,89. 

 Characters too trivial and inconstant for recognition. 



Otocoris alpestris cnthymia Oberholser. 

 Otocoris alpestris ammop/iihi Oberholser. 

 Otocoris alpestris lencansiptila Oberholser. {Cf. Ober- 

 holser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, 817, 849, 

 864.) 

 Tlie characters exhibited by these forms are considered too 

 slight for recognition in nomenclature. 



Cyanocitta stelleri borealis Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., 

 XVI, 1902, 240. 

 Rejected as being almost indistinguishable from true stelleri, 

 the alleged differences proving to be mainly seasonal. 



Ammodramus australis (Maynard). {Cf. Dubois, Syn. 

 Avium, fasc. IX, 1901, 632.) 

 This is equivalent to A. savannarimi passer inns, it having been 

 based on a winter migrant of the latter obtained in the Bahamas. 



Melospiza sanaka McGregor, Condor, III, 1901, 87. 

 Not distinguishable from M. cinerea. 



Melospiza fasciata ingersolli McGregor, Bull. Cooper Orn. 

 Club, I, 1899, 35. 

 Almost identical with Af. c. merrilli. 



Melospiza cinerea gouldi (Baird). {Cf Grinnell, Pac. Coast 

 Avif., Ill, 1902, 65.) 

 A later name for M. c. samuelis, the type of gouldi being merely 

 a specimen of samuelis. 



Melospiza melodia santcccrucis Grinnell, Condor, III, 1901, 

 92. 



